What is the 'aspect' of a Croatian verb?

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Maybe you already heard of this or read about it: Croatian verbs come with an 'aspect'.
Understanding what the grammatical concept of the aspect is, may decide over your success in learning Croatian.
(So, maybe you'd like to read more about this. We would like to refer you to the corresponding entry in Wikipedia for further studying.)

The term 'aspect' refers to the point of view / perspective that the narrator of sentence has on the events.
The aspect of a verb helps to describe how (the manner/ the modality) the events take place.

Croatian verbs distinguish a imperfective and a perfective aspect.
The following table shows the differences and will help you to pick the correct aspect type.

Synopsis: Verbal aspect in Croatian
Imperfective verbal aspect:	Perfective verbal aspect:
keyword: time and time again ...	keyword: now!
focus is on the progression of the action	focus is on the result of the action
happens time and time again / recurring action	happens only one time
Marko prodaje auto. Marko sells cars.	Marko je brzo prodao svoj stari auto. Marko quickly sold his old car.

Croatian Grammar

Introduction

📂 Grammar in a nutshell

Croatian language

💬 Alphabet

Nouns

Plural

→ Exceptions: masculine nouns

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7 cases

Groups of declension

Adjectives & Adverbs

Verbs

Present tense: biti (to be)

Present tense: htjeti

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

Possessive pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns

Interrogative pronouns

Word order & Sentences

Basic structure

Negation

Clitics

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